Today sees the launch of National Coaching week and British Orienteering will be getting involved to celebrate our coaches across the country.  This week we’ll be sharing articles highlighting just what makes coaching great, along with various videos from the very successful national coaching confe...

Club members Who are Derwent Valley Orienteers?

Have you been inspired by someone during your orienteering journey?  Could you be someone’s inspiration in the future?  

To celebrate Coventry European City of Sport 2019 Octavian Droobers are staging two great days of orienteering. At University of Warwick campus on 8 June there will be two sprint races and on 9 June an Urban race through the historic city centre of Coventry. Deadline for pre-entry is midnight on 9 ...

Tomorrow, Saturday 3rd June, sees the launch of National Volunteering week and British Orienteering will be playing its part to celebrate our volunteers across the country and the crucial role they play. Volunteers week was first launched in 1984 by Volunteering England and is a time to say thank yo...

The test races for the World Orienteering Championships are being held in Norway on the 5th and 7th July 2019.

The Yvette Baker Junior Regional heats for 2019 recently concluded.  The line-up for the Yvette Baker Trophy / Yvette Baker Shield Final on 7 July 2019 at Sandringham in Norfolk is now clear:

The British Orienteering photo competition, sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor, is here for June 2019 with a fantastic set of prizes to be won!

Xplorer is a family-friendly fun navigation challenge that is educational and gives children a sense of adventure as they explore the park to find the markers.

Orienteering will enjoy live television coverage this summer as the JOK Chasing Sprint – which takes place at Callendar House, Falkirk, on Friday 28 June - will be shown on TV and online, via the new BBC Scotland TV channel.

World Orienteering Week: Interview with Ralph Street

Final results for the 2018-19 season have now been uploaded. Please check your results and let us know if you spot any problems.

If you are part of a small club, you are probably dealing with some of the same problems as us at SBOC;

Octavian Droobers Orienteering Club juniors Florence and Tabitha Lunn were live on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire radio on Tuesday night last week talking about World Orienteering Day happening at Abbey Fields, Kenilworth on Wednesday 15 May – celebrating the start of World Orienteering Week.

World Orienteering Week: Interview with Cat Taylor

British Orienteering is delighted to announce that they have negotiated with Forest Holidays for all members of British Orienteering for you to get a 20% discount off May/June breaks at any of their 10 locations, in any cabin type.  

Did you know? 'Jogging in the forest is twice as good as a trip to the gym for mental health'. Read more here.

The 2019 World Schools Orienteering Championships took place in Otepää, Estonia, from the 29th April to 5th May.

The British Orienteering National Office made the most of the glorious World Orienteering Day weather and ran a fun Xplorer event around the grounds of the National Office at Scholes Mill in Tansley, near Matlock, Derbyshire in their lunch hour today.